{"product_id":"the-keys-to-my-house-a-gaza-diary-by-sami-al-ajrami-jim-hicks","title":"The Keys to My House: A Gaza Diary by Sami al-Ajrami, Jim Hicks (Paperback) (PREORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNonfiction - Biographies and Autobiographies - Memoir - Arab and Middle Eastern - Survival\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 6\/23\/2026 \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by: Jim Hicks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA memoir that bears witness to the horror of genocide in Gaza.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt dawn on October 13, 2023, a week after the Hamas attack on Israel and the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian journalist Sami al-Ajrami locks the door of his home in Jabalia, where he has lived all his life. According to the instructions of the Israeli army, he and his family are evacuating to the south.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Al-Ajrami begins a diary in which he reports on the escalating conflict and the journey to southern Gaza. He writes about the constant search for a safe shelter, for food and warmth, but also about the sadness of leaving everything behind and the constant fear of the bombings. These daily reports form the basis for this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe writes without embellishment, only what he sees and hears. Al-Ajrami describes the days, the waiting, the bombs, the hunger and thirst, the deaths. He describes the little things people do to keep each other going: the jokes they make, the stories they tell each other. What he does to distract children during bombings: he solves a Rubik's cube, while the children look on as if hypnotized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Keys to the House is a chronicle of an immense tragedy, of daily life in the bomb-ravaged Gaza Strip, but also an intimate portrait of a family experiencing the drama of war firsthand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the human story behind the cold numbers from Gaza. The story of a father who cannot protect his daughters, of a son who cannot bury his father properly and has to leave his mother behind. But this is also monumental journalism: factual, informative, and detailed. As if it wants to say: “This is how it is, this has happened, this is happening now. It's on paper, you just have to read it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR BIO: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSami al-Ajrami is a Palestinian journalist born in 1967 in Jabalia, the largest refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip. He works as a freelance journalist and has been reporting for several international newspapers for years. He writes for the news agency \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnsa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and l \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ea Repubblica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He currently lives in Egypt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olive Branch Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50127937044673,"sku":"9781623715540","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/7522\/1441\/files\/9781623715540.jpg?v=1775586617","url":"https:\/\/www.bookhavenbooks.com\/products\/the-keys-to-my-house-a-gaza-diary-by-sami-al-ajrami-jim-hicks","provider":"Book Haven Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}